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Deacon William Godfrey 1606–1671 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 22 March 1606

Birth Location: Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Death Date: 25 January 1671

Death Location: Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Father: Joseph Godfrey

Mother: Catherine Willoughby

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Deacon William Godfrey was born in 1606 in Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Joseph Godfrey And Catherine Willoughby. Deacon William Godfrey passed away in 1671 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

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Biography

  • Deacon William Godfrey was born in 1606 in Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom, the child of Joseph Godfrey And Catherine Willoughby.
  • Deacon William Godfrey passed away in 1671 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA.

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Deacon Godfrey's Ancestors

Self
Deacon Godfrey
1606–1671
Birth Place: Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Parents
Joseph Godfrey
1580–1630
Ormsby, Norfolkshire, England, United Kingdom
Catherine Willoughby
1583–1658
Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William Godfrey
1547–1610
Thornton, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
Joyce Lingsam
1551–1621
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom
William Willoughby
1561–1601
Parham, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom
Elizabeth Hildyard
1558–1600
Winestead, Holderness, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
John Sir
1531–1613
Charles Willoughby
1536–1611
Margaret Fiennes
1539–1580
Sir Knight
1532–1602
Margaret Constable
1529–1595
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Willoughby
1515–1570
Lady Heneage
1518–1555
Edward Clinton-Fiennes
1512–1585
Elizabeth Blount
1502–1541
Sir I
1510–1542
Joan Neville
1503–1551

Deacon Godfrey's Timeline

2 Records

1606
22 March 1606
Birth of Deacon William Godfrey in Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom
Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom
1671
25 January 1671
Age 65
Death of Deacon William Godfrey in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 22 March 1606
    Event Place: Searle, Kent, England, United Kingdom
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 25 January 1671
    Event Place: Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire, USA
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

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